0001193125-18-318449.txt : 20181105 0001193125-18-318449.hdr.sgml : 20181105 20181105164558 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-18-318449 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20181105 ITEM INFORMATION: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders FILED AS OF DATE: 20181105 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20181105 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: EMPIRE RESORTS INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000906780 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: RETAIL-EATING & DRINKING PLACES [5810] IRS NUMBER: 133714474 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-12522 FILM NUMBER: 181160450 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 204 STATE ROUTE 17B STREET 2: P.O. BOX 5013 CITY: MONTICELLO STATE: NY ZIP: 12701 BUSINESS PHONE: (845) 807-0001 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 204 STATE ROUTE 17B STREET 2: P.O. BOX 5013 CITY: MONTICELLO STATE: NY ZIP: 12701 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: ALPHA HOSPITALITY CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19930614 8-K 1 d638284d8k.htm FORM 8-K Form 8-K

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): November 5, 2018

 

 

EMPIRE RESORTS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-12522   13-3714474
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)		   (Commission
File Number)		  

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

c/o Monticello Casino and Raceway, 204 State

Route 17B,

P.O. Box 5013, Monticello, NY

   12701
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (845) 807-0001

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation to the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

☐

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

☐

Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

☐

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

☐

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company  ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  ☐

 

 

 

Item 5.07.

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

On November 5, 2018, Empire Resorts, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) in Monticello, New York. At the Annual Meeting, stockholders voted:

 

  •  

To elect seven directors to serve on the Board for a one year term that expires at the 2019 annual meeting of stockholders or until their respective successors are elected and qualified or until their earlier resignation or removal; and

 

  •  

To ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2018.

All seven nominees were elected as directors with the following vote:

 

Nominee

  

For

  

Withheld

  

Broker Non-Votes

Ryan Eller

   29,770,430   113,031   2,316,797

Emanuel R. Pearlman

   29,736,250   147,211   2,316,797

Edmund Marinucci

   29,743,273   140,188   2,316,797

Nancy A. Palumbo

   29,711,427   172,034   2,316,797

Gregg Polle

   29,600,519   282,942   2,316,797

Keith Horn

   29,837,103   46,358   2,316,797

Gerard Ewe Keng Lim

   29,725,578   157,883   2,316,797

The appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 30, 2018 was ratified with the following vote:

 

For

  

Against

  

Abstain

  

Broker Non-Votes

32,034,193   151,230   14,745   0

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Dated: November 5, 2018

 

EMPIRE RESORTS, INC.
By:  

/s/ Ryan Eller

Name: Ryan Eller
Title: President and Chief Executive Officer

 

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